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Forthcoming legislation and a move towards flexible benefits means the group life market is gearing up for change. Angela Faherty reports Click here to download pdf

Officials within the protection industry believe the number of insurance advisers will fall by up to 30% once regulations come into effect in January next year, latest research suggest.

House price growth in Wales has finally begun to slow after rising steadily since January 2001, says the Principality.

Nearly half of parents who believe their children want to become homeowners say they are willing to lend them a ‘financial hand', says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Falling sales in the group private medical insurancemarket has caused providers to rethink theirpropositions. Angela Faherty reports Click here to download pdf

The UK property boom seems to have reached its peak as house price rises in June slowed for the third month in a row, according to a survey by Hometrack.

More than four-in-10 economist members of the Society of Business Economists believe house prices could be lower in three years' time, a new survey suggests.

House prices slowed slightly for the first time in six months, signaling the property market is cooling figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggest.

Nationwide says a survey it commissioned suggests three-quarters of people renting privately or living with their parents still want to buy a place of their own despite surging house prices.

April saw the UK housing market look stronger than ever as the annualised rate of house price inflation hit its highest level so far this year, government figures suggest.